The upcoming annual UBS Strategy Seminar, to be held on January 16, will focus on the group's global wealth management plans.

The event will give investors and media an in-depth explanation of UBS' global approach to wealth management, giving them first-hand information on the strategy and focus of one of the group's core businesses.

The seminar will feature presentations by Group Executive Board President Peter Wuffli, UBS PaineWebber Chairman and CEO Joe Grano and UBS Private Banking CEO Georges Gagnebin on the strategy, focus, and objectives of UBS Global Wealth Management. A panel discussion with the recently created Wealth Management Board will be another one of the event's highlights.

Attendance at the event is by invitation only, but the presentations can be viewed live on the internet from 9.00am CET.

Zurich / Basel, 10 January 2002